Jakarta (ANTARA) - Hari Karyuliarto, Director of Gas at PT Pertamina\n(Persero) from 2012-2014, requested to be acquitted from the liquefied\nnatural gas (LNG) corruption case while delivering his duplicate plea at\nthe trial in the Corruption Court at the Central Jakarta District Court\non Monday.<\/p>\n
According to him, the case implicating him is a fabrication of\ncriminalisation due to failures in addressing the substance, logical\nflaws, and a lack of understanding of the LNG portfolio business in his\ncase.<\/p>\n
\u201cI request that the panel of judges declare that I have not been\nlegally and convincingly proven guilty of committing the criminal act as\ncharged by the public prosecutor,\u201d Hari stated.<\/p>\n
In previous hearings, he said, there were several irrefutable facts\nregarding himself, namely that there was not a single flow of funds,\nbribe, kickback, or gratification to him.<\/p>\n
He continued that another fact is that both Karen Agustiawan and\nCorpus Christi were not unlawfully enriched, and Hari had retired since\n28 November 2014, four months before the 2015 Sales and Purchase\nAgreement (SPA) was negotiated and signed by other officials.<\/p>\n
On the other hand, he assessed that Pertamina had achieved cumulative\nprofits of US$97.6 million by December 2024 from the same contract.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe main evidence used by the public prosecutor to determine state\nlosses, namely the BPK Audit Report, is procedurally flawed or illegal\nand below standards,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Previously, Hari was sentenced to six years and six months in prison\nin the alleged corruption case of procuring LNG from Corpus Christi\nLiquefaction LLC (CCL) at Pertamina and related institutions from\n2011-2021.<\/p>\n
In addition to Hari, Yenni Andayani, Vice President of Strategic\nPlanning and Business Development in Pertamina\u2019s Gas Directorate from\n2012-2013, was also sentenced to five years and six months in prison in\nthe same case.<\/p>\n
In that case, both defendants are alleged to have caused state\nfinancial losses of US$113.84 million or equivalent to Rp1.77\ntrillion.<\/p>\n
The state losses are alleged to have occurred due to unlawful acts\nthat enriched Pertamina\u2019s President Director from 2009-2014, Galaila\nKaren Kardinah alias Karen Agustiawan, by Rp1.09 billion and US$104,016,\nas well as enriching CCL by US$113.84 million.<\/p>\n
The unlawful acts committed by both defendants, namely Hari is\nalleged to have failed to prepare guidelines for the LNG procurement\nprocess from international sources and still proceeded with the LNG\nprocurement from Cheniere Energy Inc.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Yenni proposed to Hari to sign the Circular Board Meeting\nMinutes regarding the decision on signing the LNG Train 1 and Train 2\nsales and purchase agreement from CCL without supporting economic\nstudies, risk assessments and mitigations in the CCL LNG procurement\nprocess, and without a CCL LNG buyer bound by an agreement.<\/p>\n
Thus, the acts of both defendants are regulated and punishable under\nArticle 2 paragraph (1) or Article 3 of Law No.\u00a031 of 1999 on the\nEradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption as amended and supplemented\nby Law No.\u00a020 of 2001 in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph (1) first\nof jo. Article 64 paragraph (1) of the Criminal Code.<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/former-pertamina-director-seeks-acquittal-in-lng-corruption-case-1777311574", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }